Carole is a multilingual human rights lawyer and gender expert with an impressive history of impactful high-level advocacy in national, regional, and global spaces. She is the Global Initiatives Lead & Africa Regional Representative at HelpAge International and the Co- Chair of the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future.
In her dual role at HelpAge International, Carole leads policy advocacy in strategic global and regional spaces for greater impact for older people in line with the HelpAge vision to for the rights , wellbeing and dignity of older people.
Carole has previously worked as the Associate Regional Director Planned Parenthood Global and Senior Program Officer for Africa at the International Women’s Program of the Open Society Foundations. She was also the Program Officer for Africa at Equality Now, and before that a Legal Counsel at the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA Kenya). She started her career as a litigation and conveyancing lawyer in Kenya.
Carole holds an LL. B (Hons), MA in International Conflict Management (MA-ICM) both of the University of Nairobi, Diplôme de Langue Française (Nairobi) and Diploma in the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women (University of Lund, Sweden).
